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MILTON C. FRITS, OF LA HARPE, ILLINOIS.

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' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,333, dated January 15, 1889.

Application filed June 13, 1888. Serial No. 276,912. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILTON O. FRITs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of La Harpe, in the county of Hancock and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to gates; and it c011- sists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts, Figure l is a perspective view of the gate, showing the same closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the gate, showing the same open. Fig. is a plan view of the gate open. Fig. l is a side view of the latch, and Fig. 5 is a view of the spring ow'er the chain.

Referring to the drawings, A designates an ordinary gate hinged to a post or standard, a. At a point preferably near the center of the gate is an upright, a, to which is secured a movable bar, (L This bar is bent outward and at its upper end has a chain, B, secured to it, which extends to and connects with the frame of the gate near the top. Over this chain is placed a coiled spring, I), which is connected at each end to the chain in a suitable manner, as by bending out one of the coils at each end, forming them into hooks and hooking them in one or more of the links of the chain.

Near the lower end of the bar a is secured a short arm, I), to which is attached a rod or wire, the other end of which is connected to the lower end of latch, C, on the side of the gate. The upper end of the latch is bent outward and forms an arm, 0, to which is secured a ball or weight, 0', designed to cause the latch to operate. In addition to the weight for operating the latch is a spring, D, one end of which is secured to the said arm and the other end to one of the bars of the gate. Thus should the weight be insuflicient to cause the latch to operate, the force of the spring in connection with the weight will overcome this difficulty. The outer end of the bar a has a rope or chain, E, attached to it, the ends of which pass through a pulley,

e, on a standard, F, which is placed in the ground at a point near the post on which the gate is swung. One end of the chain passes back through a similar pulley secured to a standard, G, and has a handle, 6', attached to its end. The other end passes forward and through a similar pulley on another stand ard, ll, and has also a handle, 6 similar to the other one. Each of these handles is suspended at a point which will be within convenient reach of a person 011 horseback or in a vehicle.

The mode of operation is as follows: When a person wishes to open the gate, he pulls one of the handles, either 6 or 6 ,This turns the bar a to one side, and with it the short arm h, which in turning opens the latch and releases the gate. As the handle is pulled or jerked back, the spring Z) is drawn out, and in contracting, or in resuming its normalposition, throws the gate back until it strikes against another standard, I. This standard has a lock-plate, i, secured to it, which engages the bolt of the latch and holds the gate open. \Vhen the person has passed through the gate and reaches the other handle, he has only to pull it, and as the pulley c is in front of the gatethat is, between the end of the bar a and the post against which the gate elosesthe gate will be closed in the same manner that it was opened.

Ilavin g thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the gate having the latch formed with a horizontal rearwardlyprojecting portion or arm which is weighted or downwardly acted upon and a downwardly and forwardly projecting portion, the latchoperating rod pivoted upon the gate and having an arm at its upper end, and near its lower end an arm connected to a rod secured to the downwardly-projecting portion of the latch, a chain or its equivalent having applied thereto a spring connected to the gate and to the upper arm or end of the'latch-opcrating rod, and the gate-manipulating lines, also connected to the upper arm or end of the latch-operating rod, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Vitnesses: MILTON C. FRITS.

J AMES T. McALIsTER, WILLIAM F. NEVILLE.

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